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Victor Urbanowicz

Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Posted on 05/04/12 at 09:55 pm in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

Today the Catholics who are most admired for the way they practice their faith are usually nuns. And the least admired are the ordained clergy, especially at the rank of monsignor and above. This seems to have been the case since Vatican II. I stopped calling myself a Catholic nearly half a century ago and eventually found a spiritual home in Unitarian Universalism. Even the splendid example of the nuns does not tempt me to swim back across the Tiber, because -- thank you, Rachel Kahler --...

Posted on 05/05/12 at 08:35 am in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

I don't think that progressive Catholics remain in the institutional church because they are emotionally dependent on their "abusers." That may be true of some, but the ones I've talked to feel rather that it's their Church too, not just the Pope's and the bishops', and they want their perspective honored and recognized. They've decided to stay and fight. And if they can get the hierarchy to budge a millimeter, a billion people could feel the effects. I was a fervent Catholic for a brief...